Principal Systems Engineer

Principal Systems Engineer – Workflow
You are
determined to stay ahead of the latest technologies
We are
one of the biggest workflow practices across Australia
Together we can
build state-of-the-art solutions for people
Do work that matters
The Workflow Crew is responsible for driving the architecture, design, build and governance roadmap across the group for various workflow technologies.This is your opportunity to join an established company where there is a focus on personal and professional development.
As an organisation, we foster an innovative, dynamic culture and a genuine commitment to drive diversity and inclusion. As Principal Software Engineer Workflow, you will be responsible for ongoing change and development for the workflow solutions and provide technology oversight to different business units.
See yourself in our team
As a Principal Systems Engineer in the Workflow Crew, you'll drive the architecture, design, build and governance roadmap across the Group for various workflow technologies. You'll also provide technical oversight and leadership across multiple business units and geographies.
You'll get to turn your passion into a reality, working with modern technology on state-of-the-art projects to enable a seamless and unrivalled customer experience. You'll build high-quality, reliable solutions that determine how millions of people access their money and define future industry trends.
We're interested in hearing from people who:
Design and deliver innovative technical solutions to strategic business problems
Collaborate with high-performing engineers to define current and future states and roadmaps
Translate project vision into actionable plans and iterative delivery
Constructively challenge the status quo and influence stakeholders at various levels
Influence the future of the Group's technology direction every day
Lead and mentor engineers while fostering a DevOps mindset and engineering excellence
Tech skills
We use a broad range of tools, languages, and frameworks. We don't expect you to know them all, but experience or exposure with some of these (or equivalents) will set you up for success in this team:
Workflow platforms (e.g. Pega, Appian, Temporal)
Cloud & Infrastructure as Code
Microservices and cloud-native integration patterns
DevSecOps practices and secure development pipelines
Data architecture and telemetry tooling (e.g. Observe, Obstack, PagerDuty)
Programming languages such as C#, Python, Java is beneficial
Experience with large-scale distributed systems and continuous delivery at enterprise scale
Working with us
Whether you're passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career with CommBank is for you.
We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half their time each month connecting in office. We also offer flexible working options including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share.
Here, you'll thrive. You'll be supported when faced with challenges and empowered to tackle new opportunities.
If this sounds like the role for you, apply today
If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We're keen to support you with the next step in your career.
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